how to pronounce psalm

/sɑːm/

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psalm is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of psalm in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… 148 whether looks exactly the psalm of …”

meanings of psalm

noun:

A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.

verb:

To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing.

psalm frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word psalm occurs in english on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.